1st Edition
Poisoning the Ivy The Seven Deadly Sins and Other Vices of Higher Education in America
By Michael Lewis
Copyright 1997
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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"This is a dirty book about higher education." So begins Michael Lewis's provocative new book, one that calls into question the conventional wisdom and about the excellence of American higher education. Lewis argues that teaching and research on America's campuses are plagued by mis- and malfeasance. He further argues that these troubles are the paradoxical implications of professorial... Read more
This text discusses the attitudinal and behavioural differences between government employees, bureaucrats and other citizens in America. Focusing on implications for government spending and for growth in the size of the public sector, it analyses the bureau voting model of government growth.
Biography
Michael Lewis, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
